Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-12
ITS INTENTIONS.
PROSPECTS THAT THE B & 0. C0APANl
WILL SOON BUILD SHOPS.
A Short Talk with General Agent Sattsrfsld Abu'
the Matter Ysstsrday-Ths Rush on the
B. & 0. Road.

A REGISTER reporter called upon Cen
eral Agent Satterfeld, of the B. & o. rail-
road, yesterday, and found him busily at
work in his office with some half dozen or
so gentlemen around imploring him to
have ''those cars run up so they could be
unloaded."
That's just the way it is, said Mr.. Sat
terrified, turning to the newspaper man,
"the freight business is 50 heavy that we
have to hustle to handle it, and people are
sometimes compelled to wait for their
goods until it really does become monoto-
nous, but we are doing the best we can to
accommodate the public. There Is one
car that l went to see about seventeen
times, at least, but because l did not stick
to the engine and have it pulled out under
my own direction, it still remains some
where on a side track"
well, when do you B. & o. folks in
tend commencing work on the new shops
to be located in the Eighth ward?"
81 cannot tell you that, for l have had
no advice in reference to the matter,
although my opinion is that it will not De
long before the work is commenced. The
B. & o. has needed shops badly for o long
| time, and it was only because of the unset
tied condition of things-the indecision as
to the most available and best place to
erect them, that has kept the matter back
so long. Now, as the company has deter
mined where they want the shops, / do not
think the day far distant when their erec-
ton will be begun, but l can, of course,
say nothing definite regarding that"
There is O rumor out to the effect that
the B. & o. does not intend to erect shops,
but is buying up this land to prevent other
roads from getting down to Benwood, or
for some other purpose"
"Well, there is nothing in such q rumor,
and it is we'll known that the b.. & D. COM
pany never expend moneys in such a man
ner unless it secs q return in the future,
and it is my opinion when they commence
TO expend money here it will continue for
some time and the pile will be consider
able. Right this very day we could utilize
| tTuCk TOULl W dCCUluulOoatS - thoNS~hN
more cars than we are now able to handle
on account of the blockaded condition OF
our tracks. You may be sure that the b.
& o. is purchasing that land for some good
purpose, from which they expsct to reap a
benefit, and if you do not see some big i'm =
provements in the not distant future | am
much mistaken"
HAS the purchasing Of land anything to
do with the building Of the road out the
creek?"
THAT ] cannot tell, because | do not
know much about the creek road, but !
think that the road is bound to be built
some day. l really believe it would have
been built aud completed had it not
been for the ruling of the court regard
ing the condemnation proceedings against
the Faeder property. That was all that
blocked US out. The company has spent
some $50, 600 or S65, 900 on that line, about
SIS, 900 of which was in work alone, and
you may be sure they do not propose to
lose all that money. But must go down
and get that mans car out or he'll be mp
here kicking again."